A border can really make or break a scrap quilt. When I had the quilt shop customers frequently came in for help in choosing a border for a quilt and we were always happy to pull lots of fabric to…
No News Must Be Good News
Here’s your laugh of the day. Appleton is a sleepy little town where there’s rarely any big news but the top story in today’s paper was ridiculous even for here. The lead story, no kidding, was about the most popular…
Finished Charm Quilts
During down time in Milwaukee over the weekend and on the drive home I managed to finish two more of the charm quilts. This is made from charm squares from the Baby Geniuses Grow Up line and is the Villa…
Weekend Wanderings in Milwaukee
For my birthday this year, Jim and I decided to take a weekend trip to Milwaukee. We’ve lived in Wisconsin for almost 19 years and have made dozens of trips there for soccer games, visiting Bryan and Laura, flying out…
Design Wall Monday: All In A Row
Today’s DWM project is another UFO that has been sitting far too long. This is a simple little Churn Dash variation with nine patch centers. It is a Kim Diehl design from the book All-Time Favorite Scrap Quilts. My small…
What Was Once Old Is Now New
“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny…’ “ Isaac Asimov A few years before my grandmother passed away she began making quilt tops—lots of quilt tops. At…